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T. MANNOCK. APPARATUS FOR CUTTING PILE FABRIUS.

No. 475,620. Patented May 24. 1892.

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JAMES HOYLE SMITH, OF LONGSIGHT, ANDREW GODDARD, OF STOCKPORT, AND LLOYD HIGGINBOTTOM AND THOMAS MANNOCK, OF LONGSIGHT,

ASSIGNORS TO THE FUSTIAN CUTTING MACHINE COMPANY, LIMITED, OF SALFORD, ENGLAND.

APPARATUS FOR CUTTING PlLE FABRICS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 475,620, dated May 24, 1892.

Application filed May 29, 1891. Serial No. 394,618. (No model.) Patented in Germany September 21, 1887, No. 46,156; in n e September ZZ,1387,N0.186,020; in England Decemb r 10, 1887,110. 16,996 in Belgium November 13, 1888, No. 88,926, 111 Italy September 29, 1890, No- 28,397, and in Austria-Hungary January 11,1891,No. 38,959.

To all whom, it may concern: table, on which the handle of the knife (shown Beit known that we, J AMES HOYLE SMITH, by the dotted lines rests. A projection C 50 ofLongsight,ManchestenANDREW GODDARD, on the knife-handle rests against a ledge B of Stockport, county of Chester, and LLOYD on the table, so that the knife-point is always HIGGINBOTTOM and THOMAS MANNOOK, both at the same distance from the table-edge.

of Longsight, Manchester, England, all sub- Pulley-rollers D D are mounted on each end jects of the Queen of Great Britain and Ireof the frame, and rollers E E are mounted 55 land, have invented certain Improvements in on a small carriage F, which is capable of Apparatus for Cutting Pile Fabrics, (for which sliding from one end of the frame to the other,

Letters Patent have been obtained in Great as will be presently described. That part of Britain, No. 16,996, dated December 10, 1887; the fabric which is being operated upon for in Austria-I-Iungary, No. 38,959, dated Januthe time being is indicated by the dottedlines 6o ary 11, 1891; in Belgium, No. 83,926, dated H, and the surplus fabric is wound upon the November 13, 1888; in Italy, No. 28,897, dated drums J J. The fabric passes from the drum September 29, 1890, issue date October 30, J to the split roller K, (such as shown in our 1890; in France, patent of addition, Novempatent, No. 426,076,) bywhich it is tightly held. her 12, 1888, on No. 186,020, dated September From thence it passes around the rollers E 65 22, 1887, and in Germany, patent of addition, and D, and then over a roller L, just in front October 27, 1888, No. 50,716, on No. 46,156, of the table. The fabric then goes around dated September 21, 1887,) of which the folthe rollers D and E to the split roller K,

lowing is a specification. where it is again fastened, and from thence The object of our invention is to effect furto the drum J. When the carriage F is moved 7o ther improvements in the machine for outto and fro, the fabric is also traversed to and ting the pile of velvets, fustians, plushes, and fro under the table B; but as it passes around other pile fabrics, for which we have obtained the rollers E E the length of the fabric which Letters Patent of the United States of Amergoes past theknife is double the amount of the ica, dated April 22, 1890, No. l26,076. In such motion of the carriage F. The small roller M is 7 machine the fabric was stretched upon aframe mounted on the ends of a pair of leversN N,

to which a reciprocating motion was imparted fulcrumed at P, and about three inches before 0 by power or by a foot-treadle, the cuttingthe carriage F reaches the end of its travel it knife being held by hand on a table under strikes a cross-bar Q, connected by straps R to which the said frame, with the fabric, moved. thelower ends of the leversN N. This moves According to our present invention we disthe said levers into the position shown by the pense with this moving frame; and the e'ssendotted lines, so that the roller M passes back 3 5 tial features of our new arrangement consist under the point of the knife sufficiently far in this, that the fabric is caused to move to to cause the said point to come clear out of C and fro over fixed rollers and under a table the fabric at the end of each cut. The levers upon which the knife is held by hand. N N, except at the moment of being thus We do not limit ourselves to the employforced back, are held in the vertical position 40 ment of any particular mechanical means for against stops by springs 8.

giving the required reciprocating movement The means shown in the drawings for operto the fabric; but in the accompanying sheet ating the carriage F, though we do not necesof drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation, and sarily confine ourselves thereto, consist of a Fig. 2 a transverse vertical elevation through spur-wheel T, driven bya pinion on the shaft 45 the line 2 2 in Fig. 1, of an arrangement of of the belt-pulley U. A crank-pin V on the the machine which we prefer to employ in wheel T, by means of the forked connectingpractice. rod X, gives reciprocating motion to the axle 5 A A is the frame of the machine, Bthe fixed and bearings of the grooved wheel Y on the guide-rodsA A. A pinion b, keyed on the axis of the wheel Y, gears with a fixed rack a, so that the said wheel is caused to rotate at the same time that it is moved to and fro by the crank V. Ropes dd are fixed to and passed around the wheel Y in contrary directions and are led around guide-pulleys e e to the carriage F, thus converting the rotary motion of the wheel Y into the reciprocating motion of the said carriage.

In cutting pile fabrics, if the going-out line be made diagonal instead of straight across the precise place where one cut ends and the next begins is practically invisible, and when 'we desire to attain this result in our machine We do not rigidly fix the split rollers K K, but we cause the roller K to be rotated slightly at each cut by a pawl f, 0peratinga ratchet-wheel on the axle of the roller. This pawl is worked by a connectingrod 9 from a crank-pin fixed a little out of center in the end of the shaft of the wheel T. The roller K pays out the cloth as the roller K takes it up, and the necessary tension is put upon the cloth by a drag-brake, consisting of the drum h, brake-band '11, and weight j.

K is the platform on which the operator stands. We may, if desired, substitute smooth metal bars for the rollers L and M, though in practice we prefer the rollers, as they reduce the friction of moving-the cloth.

I11 place of the arrangement described for operating the carriage F it may be driven by other suitable means.

The main advantages of machines constructed according to our present invention over those described in our aforesaid prior patent are that we enormously reduce the weight of the moving parts, thus enabling the machine to be run at higher speed with less Wear and tear, and we also reduce the space occupied by the machine.

We claim as our invention- 1. The combination, with a reciprocating carriage provided with two rollers,of a pair of tightening-rollers mounted one at each end of the frame and a pair of pulley-rollers, also mounted one at each end of the frame, the cloth passing from the tightening rollers around the rollers upon the'reciprocatin g carriage, and then around the pulley-rollers, between and above whichis arranged a suitable cutting-table, substantially as and for the purposes hereinbefore described.

2. In a machine for cutting pile fabrics, the combination of a knife-supporting table and mechanism for traversing the fabric, with a movable guide-roller, and means, substantially as described, for moving the said guideroller to bring the knife out of the fabric at the end of the cut, substantially as described.

3. In a machine for cutting pile fabrics, the combination of a knife-supporting table and a traveling carriage to traverse the fabric, with levers carrying a guide-roller to support the fabric at the table, the said levers being adapted to be operated by the carriage as it reaches the end of its traverse to bring the knife out of the fabric at the end of the cut, substantially as described.

4. In a machine for cutting pile fabrics, the combination of a knife-supportin g table with mechanism for traversing the fabric backward and forward, and devices, substantially as described, for moving the material slightly as the cutting progresses to give a diagonal going-out line.

5. In a machine for cutting pile fabrics, the combination 'of a knife supporting table, mechanism for traversing the fabric backward and forward and split rollers to hold the fabric, with a brake for the split roller on the delivery side of the fabric, and means, substantially as described, for automatically turning the other split roller slightly as the cutting progresses, as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing we have hereunto set our hands this 6th day of March, 1888.

JAMES HOYLE SMITH. ANDREW GODDARD. LLOYD HIGGINBOTTOM. THOMAS MANNOCK.

\Vitnesses:

W. H. RICHARDSON, SYDNEY SMITH, Clerks with T. Ford Tucker, Solicitor, Manchester. 

